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  • New Federal Data Finds That More Than Half Of 15- ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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     | 1,622 views

    New federal data finds that more than half of 15- to 19-year-olds have received or given oral sex. (Foster ...read more

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  • Song By Pam Thum- Life Is Hard, The World Is ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 30, 2007
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    Song by Pam Thum- Life is hard, the world is cold. We’re barely young and then we’re old. But every falling tear is always ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Shared Laughter Creates A Bond Of Friendship. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupil, worker and driver. They have become a ...read more

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  • You May Be Familiar With A Television Series ...

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 2, 2002
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    You may be familiar with a television series called “Antiques Road Show”. People bring in their antiques, and expert appraisers tell them what the pieces are worth. The highlight of every show is when someone brings in a beat-up old piece of furniture and the appraiser tells them it’s a rare ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • All Equal Here—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,140 views

    ALL EQUAL HERE- COMMUNION MEDITATION Once when the Duke of Wellington remained to take communion at his parish church, a very poor old man went up to the opposite aisle, and reaching the Communion table, knelt down close by the side of the Duke. (Immediately, tension and commotion interrupted the ...read more

  • In My Work, I Have Been Involved In A Community ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Munro-Crump on Dec 4, 2002
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     | 2,187 views

    In my work, I have been involved in a Community Garden Project. I am not a gardener. I do not have the patience to wait and see the plants growing. My technical expertise is limited to “green side up” Yet some of the volunteers I was working with will never see the results of their work. I was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • There Is Little Doubt To The Fact That Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 23, 2003
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    There is little doubt to the fact that every person here has most likely heard the old adage, “Seeing is believing.” In a world filled with insatiable claims it has become commonplace for a person to respond, “I won’t believe it, until I see it.” It is this very principle that brought Robert ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • I Have Learned Quite A Bit About Wolves This Year ...

    Contributed by Jane Willis on Dec 25, 2004
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    I have learned quite a bit about wolves this year in preparation for a winter trip to Yellowstone. One of my favorite photographs of a wolf pack shows them traveling over the crest of a hill, through very deep snow. It is an aerial photograph, which shows an exquisitely organized approach to such ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Mommy Exodus: Participation In The U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Mommy Exodus: Participation in the U.S. workforce by married mothers with a child less than 1 year old has declined 6% between ’97 and ‘00. This first ever decline is mostly among 30-year-old, well-educated, white female professionals. The Census Bureau reports 22% of moms with graduate or ...read more

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  • A Grapevine In England Is 1,000 Years ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    A Grapevine in England is 1,000 Years Old Jesus reminds them that apart from Him, they will not have life. In Hampton Court near London, there is a grapevine which is about 1,000 years old. This grapevine has one root which is at least 0.6m thick, and some of the branches are 60m long. Despite its ...read more

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  • Working Late In The Cemetery  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 29, 2009
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    WORKING LATE IN THE CEMETERY Late one dark night, two men were walking home after a party. They were tired and desperate to get home, so they decided to take a shortcut through a cemetery. They got to about the middle of the graveyard, and they were startled and stopped moving. There was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Focusing On The Law Just Arouses More Desire To ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 9, 2009
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    Focusing on the LAW just arouses more desire to BREAK the law. Back when our first grandchild was about a year old, we hadn’t yet bought a gate for the bottom of the stairs. We put everything we could find in front of those stairs. (Show picture of 1 year old morgan climbing stairs) You can’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Second Coming In The Bible

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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    THE SECOND COMING IN THE BIBLE Biblical prophecy provides some of the greatest encouragement and hope available to us today. Just as the Old Testament is saturated with prophecies concerning Christ’s first advent, so both testaments are filled with references to the second coming of Christ. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • God Uses People Like Derrick

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    GOD USES PEOPLE LIKE DERRICK In Dayton, Ohio, attorney Derrick Farmer gave a motivational talk to at-risk teens. Derrick is 48 years old and has been an attorney since 1999. Now, what was unusual about this event was that it was picketed by 30 Dayton police officers. Why? When Derrick was 16 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Do You Know Who I Am?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 9, 2011
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    DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? At an evening social for army officers and their wives, the commanding general of the base had been given a special award and proceeded to drone on in a long speech of thanks. A lieutenant mumbled to the woman at his side, "Why they would award him a prize is beyond me. He's ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Aging: One Plus One  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012
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    AGING: ONE PLUS ONE Three old men went to the doctor for a memory test. The doctor asked the first old man, "What is one plus one?" "Two hundred seventy-four," he said. The doctor asked the same question of the second man, "What is one plus one?" "Tuesday," he said. The doctor tried the third ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Drunk Stumbles Into A Baptismal Service On ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 26, 2008
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    A drunk stumbles into a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to walk into the water and stand next to the preacher. The minister notices the old drunk and says, "Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, preacher, I sure am." The ...read more

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  • Fighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    FIGHTING SIN Poet Carl Sandberg once said, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." Colorful, old-time evangelist Billy Sunday said of sin, "I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot. I’ll fight it as long as ...read more

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  • Poem By Larry Bryant

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Poem: When the Model T first hit the street, It didn’t bring all heaven to its feet. And when the first computer was born, They didn’t blow Old Gabriel’s horn. There’s only one thing that we’re sure about That can make those angels jump and shout: It’s when a sinner makes the Lord his ...read more

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  • Upon Entering A Little Country Store, A Stranger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Upon entering a little country store, a stranger noticed a sign reading, “Danger Beware of Dog” posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor besides the cash register. The stranger asked the store manager (sarcastically), “Is that the dog folks are ...read more

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